Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27

has proven great success. He has
large cornfeld which borders on the
woods and which the squirrels have al
most devasted during the last season.
Having hit upon plan he first watched
the animals and found that when they
made q raid and retired they retreated
to the woods almost invariably along
one particular line of fence. Having
learned this fact, Coroner covered the
top rail of that line of fence with tar,
putting on heavy coat. This he did
in the evening, and in the morning
when he went to the field he saw
long line of squirrels running along
the fence toward the woods. They
succeeded in clearing the fence, but
when they struck the woods the leaves
and sticks stuck to their feet SO badly
that they could not climb the trees nor
run very far even on the leaves The
first capture amounted to twenty-seven
squirrels. and within a week Coroner
had killed and captured over 100 squir-
rels by his unique device.
The re-entrance of Senator Sherman
into the field of presidential candidates
recalls story which possesses the
merit of being true. In the Repub-
lican convention of 1880 Mr.. Shermans
candidacy was for a day or two the
stumbling-block before Gen. Grant.
When it became evident that Sherman
could not be nominated the wires were
burdened with dispatches urging him
to withdraw in somebody elses favor.
10 all these appeals he made no re-
sponse. Among the telegraph opera
tors in the building was one, violent
partisan of Grant. He conceived the
daring fraud of forging dispatch COM
ing from the Senator and advising his
friends to support Gen. Grant The
operator calculated that in the whirliag
excitement of the convention the au-
thenticity of the dispatch would not be
questioned, and even if it were discov-
cred to be forgery afterward it
would be too late to repair the error.
The operator wrote out the bogus tele-
gram, copied and enveloped it, and
handed it to o boy to be delivered to
Sherman's manager - and then his
nerve failed. He called the boy back
and tore the dispatch up.
AN amusing feature of the present
American craze in London is the
development of British three-card
monte sharps. They ply their trade on
all the great lines running out OF Lon
don, usually selecting Americans Us
their victims. A well-dressed, military
looking man enters o first-class car
riage, takes no notice of his fellow-pas-
sengers, and is absorbed in reviews
and periodicals. At some station on
the line there enter to him two other
military-looking men, who fall to dis
cussing army estimates and dynamite
guns. The conversation turns at last
upon trick that one Of them had seen
played at the Wild West show. Had
any one in the carriage any card? No,
but the taciturn gentleman had three
photographs in his pocket, including
one of the Prince of Wales. Would
they do? Certainly. Then in bun
Cling way the sharper proceeded to ex-
plain the trick, asking the others to
follow the Prince of Wales. AS he pre-
tended to become more expert he won
from his friend, who laughed heartily
at the conceit. The Americans pres
ent, though, had seen the trick 80 often
that they could follow the Princes
photograph every time. At last they
are led into the game, with the usual
results. A United States army officer
was roped in like this the other day on
his way to Liverpool, and lost $12O be-
fore he had the faintest idea that he
was in the hands of sharpers. "And
deuced agreeable fellows they were,
too," he added sadly.